Bad, bad injury

[DieselShaq]

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After the basketball match yesterday, my teammates (Clifford and Kelvin) were fooling around. Clifford jumped and touched the rim, then claimed that he can jump higher than Kelvin, so Kelvin started a run-up from mid-court, sprinted towards the basket, jumped and grabbed the rim. Unfortunately, because his run-up was so fast, the momentum carried him forwards, causing him to lose balance, so he spun 180 degrees in midair and landed on his left arm. At first we were all laughing 'cause it looked pretty funny. But then we saw the blood. What actually happened when he landed was that both the bones in his arm snapped, piercing through the skin, causing the bleeding. His forearm was actually bent outwards by around 70 degrees... And through the hole in the arm, you could actually see the bones and muscles...

We called the ambulance straight away whilst trying to stop his bleeding and taking his mind off it. He was sent to the hospital after the surgeons put his arm in a cast and sling etc. His operation was scheduled for this morning and I think it took around three hours.

How long will this actually take to heal? He's our only center (though I can play center, I prefer forward) and we have two more competitions coming up... Remember, BOTH bones in his arm are broken.

[Access]

are you serious? who calls their son clifford lol

anyway, if you are then i wouldn't be expecting him back on the team anytime soon because it sounds like its a bit nasty...

[DieselShaq]

are you serious? who calls their son clifford lol

That's not the point...

anyway, if you are then i wouldn't be expecting him back on the team anytime soon because it sounds like its a bit nasty...

Yes, that actually did happen. Roughly how many months should it take? Our competitions end in January, so I doubt he'd be able to play in them anyway, but I'm guessing it will take a long while for him to play well again...

[Access]

well the worst thing i've done is brake my metatarsal (slight brake) which took about 7 weeks to heal properly and judging by the sound of it i'd say at least 2x that but then again i'm no doctor lol

[DieselShaq]

I'm not quite sure what they did with the bones during the surgery. If it's one bone, then it can just be put in a cast, right? But if it's two, would they have to use screws and metal plates?

[Jord]

are you serious? who calls their son clifford lol

anyway, if you are then i wouldn't be expecting him back on the team anytime soon because it sounds like its a bit nasty...

Lmao man.

[LoveToStack]

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Since when does reading something make your white blood cell count go down?
Ontopic; sounds well bad, both arms too?

[cocaine]

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Since when does reading something make your white blood cell count go down?
Ontopic; sounds well bad, both arms too?

anemia is red blood cells

and wth lol i think clifford probably lost a lot of red blood cells...

[Nuka-Cola]

wouldnt be expectin him back any time soon ...

[Minstrels]

IMO it wont be for 12 months. It's the same as a leg break for basketball as it is in football, if it was one bone it would be 6 months.